looks like there's wood in that yeah
yeah i think it is i think so
has the steel caisson finally reached
its target
and located the mysterious wooden
structure rick laguna
and craig tester discovered two years
ago
when that hammer grab gets past the
casing
all eyes are on that target i think
everybody's going
oh my goodness because you can see the
wood coming off of it
there it is it's right there it will all
be
damp look at that wood
we got wood or what it's within a foot
of where we believed it to be where the
historical record
says it should be and there's wood
okay so the wood is right on schedule
did anybody doubt it never for a minute
yes it's exciting but i want to be
absolutely
certain we've hit the vault i'm positive
at this point we've hit what we cored
whatever that is we're about to find out
if it's the vault
or not okay let's dig wait we want to
keep digging now
yes we found it let's dig it up well we
have to be very careful at this point no
we don't we need that thing back in the
hole
rick it's already been breached we know
it's been breached with drill holes
several times you know we're not going
to wreck anything it's been breached
at this point i'd like an all-stop
moment because
i do not want to blow into this thing i
believe in my heart of hearts that
there's
something that is very significant
historically and archaeologically
and i think we need to take a deep
breath a long deep breath
it's all elementary is my point i'm not
expecting to enter like a nice
pristine cave are you yeah i don't want
to be a part we need clarity right now
we don't have clarity
we need to proceed slowly well let's
just quit then
right now we fall into two camps should
we aggressively
excavate this thing or shall we try and
be less invasive
and it bears saying this is hideously
expensive
we have a lot of equipment people and
they need to get paid
whether they're running or not that's
the rub
do you think what do you need to say
i'll stop or go to a different method
i i think if if you have some definitive
proof that you're sitting on cement
i don't think we got that there's never
been a better time to keep digging than
right now
you say that's your call
after making a discovery that they hope
will help solve the oak island mystery
brothers rick and marty laguna now find
themselves
at a crossroads should they use the
giant hammer grab
to lift up whatever lies within the
wooden box
or should they wait and explore the area
more cautiously so that the possible
contents of the box
might remain intact
what would you do you know the
historical context you know
how important this is you know you have
a sense it's been breached before though
you need to know that by an
inch and a half no way there's an intact
vault there i would suggest that we push
on it first before we keep cutting
and see what it does see if it gives us
that resistance and if it does then we
know we need to look at other options of
excavating out or
you know protecting it that's you guys
make that call
many people disagree sometimes and rick
has a long history of disagreeing with
me but
i learned a long time ago that what rick
said is
is wise is smart and that is to stop
don't worry about the expenses for a
little bit take a deep breath and
think if you have to walk off and be by
yourself
or with our group in our case and think
it through that's
just smart my angst comes from
where it has always come from that i
think something amazing happened here
and that i don't want to just
brute force it the wonderful thing is
that we have obviously
several options that's where i'm at you
know we could think about it
so okay so i say we go and kick this
around
yes yeah so let's go back and talk about
it okay let's be done all right
i'm happy with that decision it's an
emotional roller coaster
and i try not to let myself ride it
but we do ride it because we're just
humans